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Russian forests crash down under the axe, billions of trees are dying, the habitations of animals and birds are laid waste, rivers grow shallow and dry up, marvelous landscapes are disappearing forever.... Man is endowed with creativity in order to multiply that which has been given him; he has not created, but destroyed. There are fewer and fewer forests, rivers are drying up, Wildlife has become extinct, the climate is ruined, and the earth is becoming ever poorer and uglier.
Anton Chekhov— Act I (Uncle Vanya (1897))
Opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling is bad public policy that has no place in the budget process,. The Budget Committee needs to leave drilling in the Arctic Refuge behind and focus on crafting this year’s budget package.
russ feingold— Senate Press Release
A profession is a body of men who voluntarily measure their work by a higher standard than their clients demand. To be professionally acceptable, a policy must be sound as well as salable. Wildlife administration, in this respect, is not yet a profession.
aldo leopold— "Chukaremia" [1938]; Published in The River of the Mother of God and Other Essays by Aldo Leopold, Susan L. Flader and J. Baird Callicott (eds.) 1991, p. 246
I personally believed, at least in 1914 when predator control began, that there could not be too much horned game, and that the extirpation of predators was a reasonable price to pay for better big game hunting. Some of us have learned since the tragic error of such a view, and acknowledged our mistake. One must judge from the present volume that the Fish and Wildlife Service does not see any mistake.
aldo leopold— "Review of The Wolves of North America by Stanley P. Young and Edward A. Goldman" [1944]; Published in Aldo Leopold's Southwest, David E. Brown and Neil B. Carmony (eds.) 1990 , p. 226
The continued existence of Wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans. Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.
jim fowler— [1]
Almost all of the social tragedies occurring around the world today are caused by ignoring the basic biological laws of nature ... The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and Wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it.
jim fowler— [2]
Born a Wildlife warrior, die a Wildlife warrior.
steve irwin— Radio interview on Radio Alice (KLLC 97.3)
The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth soil, water, forests, minerals, and Wildlife. To utilize them for present needs while insuring their preservation for future generations requires a delicately balanced and continuing program, based on the most extensive research. Their administration is not properly, and cannot be, a matter of politics.
rachel carson— Letter to the editor, Washington Post (1953); quoted in Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson (1999) edited by Linda Lear, p. 99
A peculiar virtue in Wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact.
aldo leopold— p. 178 ("Wildlife in American Culture")
The continued existence of Wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans. Our challenge for the future is that we realize we are very much a part of the earth's ecosystem, and we must learn to respect and live according to the basic biological laws of nature.
— Jim Fowler, statement
"To the bird watcher, the suburbanite who derives joy from birds in his garden, the hunter, the fisherman or the explorer of wild regions, anything that destroys the Wildlife of an area for even a single year has deprived him of pleasure to which he has a legitimate right. This is a valid point of view."
rachel carson— p.52 (Section 7, Needless Havoc)
As an eyewitness to the changing topography of the Arctic, I was stunned to see the rapid repercussions of global warming for the region, its Wildlife habitat and indigenous cultures.
— Will Steger, Arctic Explorer Will Steger Issues Statement Regarding the Hunt Ice Shelf Break Off.
